I have my own private computers running as team nr 36796 for a few months, and i don't know if I want to rejoin another team, but no matter what team, this is probably the best way to use your idle CPU cycles.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.”

I have fast computers sitting idle 80% of the time, but I'm maxing out bw at present, would I still be able to help ?

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I'm maxing out the bandwith in my internet connection, surely some bandwith is necessary for the computers to interact

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Ah ok - only rarely: the program downloads a "work package" - a description of what to do, which is a rather small file and then runs for a long time locally - when the WP is finished, the data is submitted and a new WP retrieved.

Sometimes the program updates itself or downloads a new WP-handler.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.”

With SETI@HOME you could, so I see no reason why it wouldn't work in this case

To be clear-headed rather than confused; lucid rather than obscure; rational rather than otherwise; and to be neither more, nor less, sure of things than is justifiable by argument or evidence. That is worth trying for.

WINfried Dows, at least in the Windows 5.02 version you can set the CPU % usage in the advanced tab of the configuration menu. I wouldn't think it is an issue if you're system is cooled properly. Johann_p, have you run into any issues with your CPUs being maxed for months?

Sex is dirty only if it's done right .... Live and Let Live .... Rules are Boring and I Don't Like Them...................................................... MeCasaEsSuCasa ................................................

Ah, my apologies. I thought you were referring to power issues. Still, a combination of the power setting and possibly sliding the max cpu usage down would probably do the trick for laptops.

Btw, my first work unit has processed enough to give an estimate of when it will be completed. These buggers take a LONG time! And to think, all the stuff below assumes I'll not power off my system at all. I'm disappointed actually, but then again I have no idea what the norm is. Is this okay for an Athlon 1800XP (1.57GHz) and 512MB RAM?